A Population Explosion: The Nature & Evolution of X-Ray Binaries in Diverse Environments

Book Overview

Technological advances in X-ray astronomy have recently led to the discovery of a large number of previously undetected accreting binaries, increasing by an order of magnitude their known population in the Galaxy. This meeting addressed the current state of observational and theoretical research into the X-ray binary population as a whole, including both well-studied systems and the newly discovered populations, and examined the interaction of X-ray...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735405301
• ISBN13: 9780735405301
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics
• Length: 439 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.8"